NGC 4612
| Galaxy NGC 4612 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 41 m 32.7 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 18 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SAB0 ^ 0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.7 ′ × 2.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 145 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.005921 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 1775 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(76 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (23.4 ± 1.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 23, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4612 • UGC 7850 • PGC 42574 • CGCG 042-205 • MCG + 01-32-134 • 2MASX J12413275 + 0718532 • VCC 1883 • H II-148, II-020 • h 1384 • LDCE 904 NED223 | |
NGC 4612 is an 11.5 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 76 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 60,000 ly. The galaxy is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VVC 1883 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4588 , NGC 4623 , IC 3617 , IC 3733 .
The object was discovered on January 23, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "vS".